draug
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Noun edit
draug (plural draugs)
- Alternative form of draugr
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Icelandic edit
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draug
- inflection of draugur:
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
draug m (definite singular draugen, indefinite plural drauger, definite plural draugene)
- (mythology) draugr; a corporeal undead from Norse mythology, usually believed to be living in water, although land-drauger are also heard of.
Derived terms edit
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- “draug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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Noun edit
draug m (definite singular draugen, indefinite plural draugar, definite plural draugane)
- (mythology) a corporeal undead from Norse mythology and Norwegian folklore, usually believed to be living in water, although land-draugar are also heard of.
- 1859, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, Naar ikke lenger du elska kan:
- Og liver Nokon, som ikke Liv af Kjærleik saug, daa gjeng han atter og sviv og driv som bleike Draug.
- If someone lives, who did not draw his life from love, then he walks about, wandering aimlessly, like the pale ghost.
Derived terms edit
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- “draug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polabian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *drugъ.
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draug